Summer Green Apples

After leaving the airport, Ji Rong had arranged a business taxi in advance.

After all, both of them, surnamed Chi, have a spoiled brat mentality and are always causing trouble.

They drove from the city to the county, where the four of them got off the bus and then boarded another bus.

Ji Xiwen adapted quite well.

On the contrary, Chi Sui was so overwhelmed by the smell on the bus that he almost fainted. In addition, the road was quite bumpy, and the bus was swaying and shaking, which almost made him dizzy.

"Just bear with it a little longer, just bear with it a little longer..." Ji Xiwen took the small fan that GG had given her and fanned him.

Chi leaned against the car window with difficulty and asked, "How much longer until we arrive?"

"It's a half-hour bus ride, and then we'll have to transfer to another bus for another half-hour ride before we arrive," Ji Xiwen said.

Upon hearing that there was still an hour left, Chi stopped swearing.

He leaned against the car window, his face pale and melancholy. Because the modeling was so powerful, even though he was sitting in a dilapidated bus with bare forests and dried-up streams outside, he still looked like a scene from an idol drama.

The black hoodie contrasted sharply with her pale skin.

Ji Xiwen had seen many boys wear hoodies, but none of them could match the visual amazement that Chi Sui gave her.

It's hard to say whether it's because his seemingly ordinary solid-color sweatshirt is actually a haute couture piece from the runway, or because his broad shoulders allow him to carry it off, or perhaps because he's just too handsome, with his messy black hair and refined yet sharp eyebrows and eyes.

Ji Xiwen would glance at him every now and then.

Purely for appreciation.

Chi Sui could sense every glance she gave him.

If he hadn't been so dizzy and nauseous, he would have dragged Ji Xiwen over and interrogated her thoroughly.

Wasn't the point to cultivate sibling affection?

Why do you keep secretly watching him?

Doesn't that seem strange?

……

After a long and arduous journey, Chi Sui had never experienced such hardship in his life.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, we finally arrived at Jijia Village.

The Ji family's house was considered one of the more spacious in the village, with three steps leading up to it. Nearly twenty people stood neatly at the door, smiling as they welcomed the "son-in-law" who was about to arrive.

When Chi Sui saw this from the car, he looked at Ji Xiwen in surprise and asked, "You have so many people in your family?"

Ji Xiwen: "..."

For some reason, her maternal grandparents, her second and third uncles, and her paternal grandparents' siblings all came.

You'd think this was an engagement party.

As soon as Chi Kai appeared, a large group of relatives came to greet him.

Ji Rong was annoyed, wondering why so many people had been invited, but she couldn't show a long face in front of so many relatives, so she could only exchange pleasantries with a forced smile.

A group of people were chatting in the living room.

Chi Sui's face grew increasingly sour as he watched someone mention him.

"Oh my, is this Young Master Chi? He's really handsome, just like his father. How old is he now?"

Chi Sui remained silent, his face expressionless.

Ji Rong was worried that the young master would lose his temper on the spot, so she quickly said, "He just turned seventeen."

She turned to Ji Xiwen and waved, saying, "Xiao Sui isn't feeling well. Xiwen, why don't you take him to the clinic at the intersection?"

Upon receiving her signal, Ji Xiwen grabbed Chi Sui's wrist and pulled her out.

As the fresh air blew in, she stretched comfortably.

Although Pingcheng is nice, she still prefers her hometown.

Halfway there, Chi Sui seemed to snap out of his daze, "Are your relatives always this enthusiastic?"

"Uh-huh."

Ji Xiwen nodded, "It's okay, let's go out for a walk. By the time we get back, Auntie will have already taken care of it."

With his hands in his pockets, Chi asked, "Where to now?"

"Let me take you to the convenience store," Ji Xiwen said. "They should sell mints there; they'll make you feel better."

Chi Sui lazily lowered his eyes.

Along the way, Ji Xiwen encountered many acquaintances. After each acquaintance greeted her, their attention would quickly turn to Chi Sui, asking who this was.

The most outrageous one was a middle-aged woman with a perm that looked like ramen noodles.

This person was very enthusiastic. He immediately patted Ji Xiwen on the shoulder and said, "Xixi, why do I feel like you've grown taller again?"

"Aunt Wen, you have a sharp eye. You have indeed grown a centimeter taller." Ji Xiwen chuckled twice.

"Wow, that's great!"

Aunt Wen's gaze quickly shifted to Chi Sui, her true intentions clearly not about the wine, "Xi Xi, who is this handsome guy?"

"Oh, I have an older brother," Ji Xiwen said.

Aunt Wen looked Chi Sui up and down, and couldn't help but shake her head and sigh, "Handsome, really handsome."

Chi Sui kept a sour face and didn't say a word, his patience completely exhausted.

Ji Xiwen grabbed Aunt Wen's hand, about to persuade the man to leave, when Aunt Wen suddenly grabbed Ji Xiwen's hand back, "Xixi, tell Aunt Wen honestly, is this your boyfriend?"

"what?"

Ji Xi was so shocked she almost bit her tongue.

Chi Sui's gaze slowly settled on her face.

"No, really no, if he were my boyfriend, how could I dare bring him back?" Ji Xiwen quickly said.

"That's true." Aunt Wen asked with a smile, "Young man, where are you from? Do you have a girl you like? Let me tell you, the girls in our Ji Family Village are all incredibly beautiful. Would you like me to introduce you to one?"

"Aunt Wen, he's only seventeen this year." Ji Xiwen coaxed and persuaded him to leave.

Chi crossed his arms. "Why is she so gossipy?"

"She's always been quite gossipy, and she's a well-known matchmaker in the surrounding area, having brought together quite a few couples," Ji Xiwen explained. "Anyone who's even slightly handsome is always in high demand, and someone like you is clearly someone she's interested in introducing you to."

"Oh……"

Chi then drawled out his reply, "Someone like me, do I even need to go on blind dates?"

Ji Xiwen thought for a moment, then shook her head, "No need."

There are plenty of people who have a crush on me.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Chi Sui gritted his teeth and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, unable to tell whether she was jealous or not.

Just as Ji Xiwen had said, after the two of them bought the mints and strolled around outside, when they returned to the Ji family home, the group of relatives had indeed left.

Grandpa, Uncle, Aunt and Chi Kai are playing mahjong in the mahjong room.

Grandma and Ji Rong were cooking, and sitting on the sofa were the twins born to my uncle.

The two were a year older than Ji Xiwen; the boy was named Ji Mingqiang, and the girl was named Ji Mingli.

Ji Mingli dropped out of school after junior high to work. She considered herself a fashion icon, sporting striking purple hair and wearing a skirt. She blinked, then leaned closer to Ji Xiwen and asked, "What's this handsome guy's name?"

"Chi Sui, Sui as in smooth and successful," Ji Xi said.

"Oh, oh, oh." Ji Mingli then asked, "What's his personality like?"

Ji Xiwen thought for a moment and said, "Sometimes it's quite nice."

"What do you mean by 'sometimes'?" Ji Mingli clicked her tongue in displeasure.

Just as Ji Xiwen was about to explain, Ji Rong suddenly came out of the kitchen and called her over to help.